June 30, 2005, Introduced by Senators JELINEK, SWITALSKI, ALLEN, KUIPERS and SCOTT and referred to the Committee on Education.
A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled
"The revised school code,"
(MCL 380.1 to 380.1852) by adding section 1536.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 1536. (1) The state board shall develop a school
administrator's certificate that may be issued to school district
and intermediate school district superintendents, school
principals, assistant principals, and other administrators whose
primary responsibility is administering instructional programs. An
individual is not required to have a school administrator's
certificate under this section or an endorsement under subsection
(2) to be employed as a school administrator by a school district,
public school academy, intermediate school district, or nonpublic
school.
(2) The state board also may develop appropriate certificate
endorsements for school administrators, by elementary and secondary
level.
(3) The state board shall develop standards and procedures to
implement this section. The standards and procedures shall address
at least all of the following:
(a) The educational and professional experience requirements
for a certificate or endorsement under this section.
(b) Continuing education requirements for periodic
recertification. These requirements shall be consistent with the
continuing education requirements under section 1246.
(c) Procedures for application for and issuance of
certificates and endorsements under this section.
(d) Standards and procedures for suspension and revocation of
a certificate. These standards and procedures shall be based on the
standards and procedures for taking action against a person's
teaching certificate under section 1535a.
(4) The department shall consult and work with appropriate
professional organizations, primarily organizations representing
building-level administrators, in developing the standards required
under this section.
(5) The department may recognize performance-based
professional learning programs offered by appropriate state
professional associations for the purposes of adding 1 or more
specialty area endorsements for a school administrator's
certificate. These programs must be approved by the department
based on alignment with state board-approved school administrator
program preparation standards.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless Senate Bill No. 674
of the 93rd Legislature is enacted into law.